As if to further reinforce the stupidity of the recently launched Lone Signal project, this mind-boggingly absurd GIF was just sent on a 17.6 light-year journey to Gliese 526 in hopes that it'll get picked up by an extraterrestrial civilization. Yes, really — this is how we're going to say "hello."

Right, because this one is ridiculously exciting! Because we're supposed to believe that there's something profound about a man picking his ear while gazing at a digital art display. The aliens will think we're deep. SO DEEP.

Either that or they'll figure we should be destroyed immediately for such a stunning display of poor taste.

Thank you, Lone Signal, for confirming what we already know: The project to send messages to aliens as is useless as it is potentially reckless.